| 波多黎各 | Bō duō Lí gè | Puerto Rico, self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States |
| 波折 | bō zhé | twists and turns |
| 波澜壮阔 | bō lán zhuàng kuò | surging forward with great momentum; unfolding on a magnificent scale |
| 波哥大 | Bō gē dà | Bogota, capital of Colombia |
| 波特 | bō tè | baud |
| 波音 | bō yīn | mordent (music); Boeing |
| 一波三折 | yī bō sān zhé | calligraphic flourish with many twists; fig. many twists and turns |
一波未平，
一波又起 | yī bō wèi píng ,
yī bō yòu qǐ | before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved; many twists and turns to a story; one thing after another |
| 伊波拉 | Yī bō lā | Ebola virus |
| 偏振波 | piān zhèn bō | polarized wave |
| 光波长 | guāng bō cháng | optical wavelength |
| 分波多工 | fēn bō duō gōng | wavelength division multiplexing; WDM |
| 刘晓波 | Liú Xiǎo bō | Liu Xiaobo (1955-), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八宪章, Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010 |
| 力学波 | lì xué bō | mechanical wave |
| 力波 | lì bō | Reeb beer |
| 加里波第 | Jiā lǐ bō dì | Guiseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), Italian military commander and politician |
| 勒斯波斯 | Lè sī bō sī | Lesbos (Greek island in Aegean) |
| 勒斯波斯岛 | Lè sī bō sī dǎo | Lesbos (Greek island in Aegean) |
| 卡波耶拉 | Kǎ bō yē lā | Capoeira |
| 卡波西氏肉瘤 | kǎ bō xī shì ròu liú | Kaposi's sarcoma |
| 印第安纳波利斯 | Yìn dì ān nà bō lì sī | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 古波 | Gǔ bō | Gubo (a personal name) |
| 周立波 | Zhōu Lì bō | Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist |
| 哈利・波特 | Hā lì · Bō tè | Harry Potter, boy wizard in the novels by J.K. Rowling 罗琳 |
噶拉・多杰・仁波
切 | Gá lā · Duō jié · Rén bō qiè | Garab Dorje Rinpoche, succession of Buthanese religious leaders |
| 图波列夫 | Tú bō liè fū | Tupolev, Russian plane make |
| 地震波 | dì zhèn bō | seismic wave |
| 基波 | jī bō | fundamental (wave) |
| 基谐波 | jī xié bō | fundamental frequency; base harmonic |
| 塞瓦斯托波尔 | Sāi wǎ sī tuō bō ěr | Sevastopol |
| 外交风波 | wài jiāo fēng bō | diplomatic crisis |
| 孤立子波 | gū lì zǐ bō | instanton (math.) |
| 安纳波利斯 | Ān nà bō lì sī | Annapolis (place name) |
| 宦海风波 | huàn hǎi fēng bō | lit. raging sea of bureaucracy; officials causing a big fuss |
| 密度波 | mì dù bō | density wave |
| 宁波地区 | Níng bō dì qū | Ningbo prefecture, Zhejiang |
| 宁波市 | Níng bō shì | Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang |
| 小波 | xiǎo bō | (math.) wavelets; Xiaobo (name); Po from Teletubbies |
| 冈仁波齐 | Gāng rén bō qí | Mt Gang Rinpoche in Tibet; also called Mount Kailash |
| 冈仁波齐峰 | Gāng rén bō qí fēng | Mt Gang Rinpoche in Tibet; also called Mount Kailash |
| 岗仁波齐 | Gǎng rén bō qí | Mt Gang Rinpoche in Tibet; also written 冈仁波齐 |
| 平面波 | píng miàn bō | a plane wave |
| 引力波 | yǐn lì bō | gravitational wave |
| 微波天线 | wēi bō tiān xiàn | microwave antenna |
| 微波炉 | wēi bō lú | microwave oven; CL:台 |
| 恬波 | tián bō | calm waters |
| 拿破仑・波拿巴 | Ná pò lún · Bō ná bā | Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815 |
| 推波助澜 | tuī bō zhù lán | to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum; to encourage sth to get bigger; to add fuel to the fire |
| 旺波日山 | Wàng bō rì shān | Mt Wangbur, Dagzê county 达孜县, Lhasa, Tibet |
| 明尼阿波利斯 | Míng ní ā bō lì sī | Minneapolis, a nameplace in the USA, notably in Minnesota |
